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authorVasily Kulikov <segoon@openwall.com>2015-02-25 19:07:18 +0300
committerGert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>2015-04-13 20:36:11 +0200
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Mac OS X Keychain management client
This patch adds support for using certificates stored in the Mac OSX Keychain to authenticate with the OpenVPN server. This works with certificates stored on the computer as well as certificates on hardware tokens that support Apple's tokend interface. The patch is based on the Windows Crypto API certificate functionality that currently exists in OpenVPN. This patch version implements management client which handles RSA-SIGN command for RSA offloading. Also it handles new 'NEED-CERTIFICATE' request to pass a certificate from the keychain to OpenVPN. OpenVPN itself gets new 'NEED-CERTIFICATE" command which is called when --management-external-cert is used. It is implemented as a multiline command very similar to an existing 'RSA-SIGN' command. The patch is against commit 3341a98c2852d1d0c1eafdc70a3bdb218ec29049. v4: - added '--management-external-cert' argument - keychain-mcd now parses NEED-CERTIFICATE argument if 'auto' is passed as cmdline's identity template - fixed typo in help output option name - added '--management-external-cert' info in openvpn(8) manpage - added 'certificate' command documentation into doc/management-notes.txt v3: - used new 'NEED-CERTIFICATE' command for certificate data request instead of 'NEED-OK' - improved option checking - improved invalid certificate selection string handling - added man page for keychain-mcd - handle INFO, FATAL commands from openvpn and show them to user * ACK from Arne Schwabe for OpenVPN part * ACK from James based on Arne's testing v2 (http://sourceforge.net/p/openvpn/mailman/message/33225603/): - used management interface to communicate with OpenVPN process v1 (http://sourceforge.net/p/openvpn/mailman/message/33125844/): - used RSA_METHOD to extend openvpn itself Signed-off-by: Vasily Kulikov <segoon@openwall.com> -- Acked-by: Arne Schwabe <arne@rfc2549.org> Message-Id: <20150225160718.GA6306@cachalot> URL: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/9486 Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>
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-rw-r--r--doc/management-notes.txt22
-rw-r--r--doc/openvpn.89
2 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/management-notes.txt b/doc/management-notes.txt
index ef39b85..0265d55 100644
--- a/doc/management-notes.txt
+++ b/doc/management-notes.txt
@@ -777,6 +777,28 @@ correct signature.
This capability is intended to allow the use of arbitrary cryptographic
service providers with OpenVPN via the management interface.
+COMMAND -- certificate (OpenVPN 2.4 or higher)
+----------------------------------------------
+Provides support for external storage of the certificate. Requires the
+--management-external-cert option. This option can be used instead of "cert"
+in client mode. On SSL protocol initialization a notification will be sent
+to the management interface with a hint as follows:
+
+>NEED-CERTIFICATE:macosx-keychain:subject:o=OpenVPN-TEST
+
+The management interface client should use the hint to obtain the specific
+SSL certificate and then return base64 encoded certificate as follows:
+
+certificate
+[BASE64_CERT_LINE]
+.
+.
+.
+END
+
+This capability is intended to allow the use of certificates
+stored outside of the filesystem (e.g. in Mac OS X Keychain)
+with OpenVPN via the management interface.
OUTPUT FORMAT
-------------
diff --git a/doc/openvpn.8 b/doc/openvpn.8
index 9551566..8b3e1a2 100644
--- a/doc/openvpn.8
+++ b/doc/openvpn.8
@@ -2591,6 +2591,15 @@ Allows usage for external private key file instead of
option (client-only).
.\"*********************************************************
.TP
+.B \-\-management-external-cert certificate-hint
+Allows usage for external certificate instead of
+.B \-\-cert
+option (client-only).
+.B certificate-hint
+is an arbitrary string which is passed to a management
+interface client as an argument of NEED-CERTIFICATE notification.
+.\"*********************************************************
+.TP
.B \-\-management-forget-disconnect
Make OpenVPN forget passwords when management session
disconnects.